AI Assistants for SMBs Are Booming: Why Your Next Employee Might Not Need Coffee Breaks
Introduction: The Game-Changer for Small Business Growth Running a small business used to mean wearing all the hats: sales, marketing, customer service, admin, tech support—plus, trying to sleep once in a while. But now, there’s a quiet revolution happening in the small business world. It’s not
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Why Shopify’s Acquisition Spree = Your Golden Exit Window (And How to Capitalize)
Introduction: The $2.3 Billion Signal You Can’t Ignore Shopify has acquired six companies in 18 months—from logistics (Deliverr) to B2B (Handshake)—totaling over $2.3B. While headlines focus on tech giants, a hidden opportunity is unfolding for main street business owners: We’re entering the hottest seller’s market in
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How the Fed Rate Hike Impacts YOUR Valuation (And What It Means for Your Exit)
The Ticking Clock on Your Exit You’ve spent years building your business. Now, as you plan your exit, the Federal Reserve just raised interest rates again. Headlines warn of economic uncertainty, but what does this mean for your valuation? If you’re preparing to sell your business
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Your Obsession with CRMs Is Killing Your Growth (and Your Sanity)
Why a $120/user/month tool won’t fix your broken sales engine—and what to do instead You closed another $37k deal yesterday. Revenue is climbing—$1.2M, $3M, maybe $8M this year. But growth feels like wading through cement. Deals stall. Forecasts are fiction. Your sales team mutters in Slack:
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Growth Killers: The $500k/year Trap Hiding in Your “Free” Trello & Asana Accounts (And How to Escape)
You’re drowning in sticky notes, Slack is a black hole of requests, and your team feels perpetually scattered. Growth is happening – revenue is climbing past $3M, $5M, maybe $8M – but instead of excitement, you feel a creeping dread. The chaos is winning. So, you
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The Secret Sauce to Scaling Your Biz (So You Can Sell It for a FORTUNE Later)
When you first started scribbling your business idea on a napkin (or frantically typing it into your phone notes at 2 AM), “selling a company” probably wasn’t the star of the show. Nope. You were laser-focused on survival: landing that first customer, figuring out how to
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Why You Can’t Buy a Business Until You Have These 3 People on Your Team
So, you wanna buy a business? Cool. But hold up—let me tell you why you might be setting yourself up for a disaster. “The Numbers Looked Good… But I Had to Stop Him” Last week, I chatted with a buddy who runs a marketing agency. He
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The Secret Sauce to Selling Your Business (Hint: It’s All About That Paycheck)
So, you’ve built a business. You’ve survived late nights, caffine overdoses, and that one time your website crashed during a holiday sale. Now, you’re thinking about selling it. Maybe you want to retire, start something new, or finally take that vacation to Bali you’ve been dreaming
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Seller’s Discretionary Earnings (SDE): The Small Business Owner’s Secret Weapon for Selling Your Business
So, you’re thinking about selling your business. Exciting, right? But before you slap a price tag on your life’s work, there’s one thing you need to understand: Seller’s Discretionary Earnings (SDE). If you’ve never heard of SDE, don’t sweat it. By the end of this guide,
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Why Hustle Breaks Your Business (And How to Fix It by Scaling Your “OS”)
Most businesses don’t fail because the founder was lazy. They fail because the founder kept treating their business like a rusty old pickup truck when it needed to become a bullet train. Here’s the dirty secret nobody tells you: Hustle is the worst kind of drug
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